If anyone is left wondering what the real guppies of the marine aquarium world are, it’s the clownfish, specificallyAmphiprion ocellaris,A. percula, the Darwin Black, and all the myriad variations that are being discovered and/or created. The combination of hybridization, selective breeding, and genetic mutations is giving even the smallest breeder the opportunity to tinker and to create something that is arguably, demonstrably a unique new genetic recombination that hasn’t been seen before.
有两个营地。我们可以将双手伸向空中，并“放弃”试图理解所有这些，这引起了全新的营销旋转和名称游戏疯狂。或者，我们试图根据实际事实找到一些公共认可的道德和实践，以使秩序成为混乱。我更喜欢后者，我认为小丑鱼育种者正在开始看到后者的优点，我认为，在一种在科学方面具有很强依据的爱好（本身对事实和小细节的细节关注），我们也许应该倾向于有序的进步和透明度。
As such, allow me to present the latest “hybrid” designer clownfish, the flipside to the Chocolate Mocha,the Sunset Mocha.
您问什么是“日落摩卡咖啡”？简而言之，它是“野生型”，也就是。正常 / 3键形式，杂交后跨。具体而言，日落摩卡咖啡是利用摩卡式型混合动力车（50％的Ocellaris，50％Darwin Black）和后交叉（交配）到橙色Ocellaris的结果。因此，它是75％的Ocellaris和25％的Darwin Black。第一个引起我注意并证明繁殖的人是得克萨斯州雪莉·杜普查克·布林斯顿（Shelly Dupchak Brynston）的业余爱好者。除了日落摩卡咖啡之外，雪莉还介绍了现在被命名为“日落摩卡雪花”的东西。相同的杂种鱼，但携带和表达雪花基因。
雪莉（Shelly）的繁殖转折是通过将黑冰（又称摩卡咖啡与雪花基因的摩卡杂种）与普通的3条禁止的Ocellaris小丑鱼交配而产生的。所有结果的后代为75％的Ocellaris，达尔文·布莱克（Darwin Black）25％。
与此无关，我们对雪花的基本理解告诉我们，有50％的后代不会获得雪花基因，因此有正常的条。其他50％获得基因。不过，我应该指出的是，雪莉后代中雪花基因的表达范围非常出色，并且暗示了父母可能存在的其他隐藏的修饰基因。
I bears mentioning that hot on the heals of Shelly is Iowa-based breeder Steven Sifuentes, who is working on a similar hybrid back-cross; the difference being the inclusion of the Davinci gene (responsible for DaVinci/FancyWhite/Gladiator Ocellaris, as well as Wyoming Whites). This will create two additional genetic combinations not seen in Shelly’s offspring; Steven’s use of a Davinci Ocellaris in place of a wild-type should result in what I’d propose we call Sunset Mocha DaVinci (offspring which only get the Davinci gene), and Sunset Mocha Frostbites (because Frostbite is the creation of Sustainable Aquatics, the genetic result of a fish having both Snowflake and DaVinci genes).
Given the common sense names being applied here, it’s proof there can be an orderly progression of things in the designer breeding world, provided breeders work together and recognize each other’s accomplishments. That, and perhaps avoiding the temptation to slap endless amounts of made up names and grades on fish as marketing spin.
Perhaps the most important aspect of this new back-cross hybrid having a published name is simply this; The Sunset Mocha is not a pure wild orange Ocellaris, but so far, in my opinion, it absolutely looks like one. Such fishareproblematic for other breeders looking to produce clean lines ofAmphiprion ocellaris．因此,这些鱼的界定日落Mocha, and not simply passing them off as typical orange ocellaris, is not simply “marketing hype” itself, but instead is a clear indication that these fish are not pure.
If it looks like you’ve seen these fish before, it’s because you kindof already have. Being 75% ocellaris, they strongly lean back towards that parent in appearance and coloration. Ojectively, Sunset Mochas aren’t going to be the “next big thing” in clownfish…they look too much like a straight up ocellaris. Given my advice that most people should not value a clownfish by a name, but by its appearance, naming this newly-documented hybrid isn’t really about the “money” or getting a premium; applying a new name to a new genetic combination is simply informative as to what the fish actually is. And provided all breeders follows suit, we won’t have a dozen new names popping up for the same hybrid back cross.
Some will ask – is this “official”? Well…yes and no. I did my searching for other people producing and marketing this particular genetic combination and came up empty, save one for-sale thread offering a Mocha X Ocellaris pair for sale. So certainly someone, somewhere, may have done this particular hybrid before. If someone else has named this hybrid before, I’d love to know about it and I would be absolutely sure to include reference to that in my records. However, just as we saw with Black Ice vs. S’more, sometimes it is not whoever published first, but sadly whoever has the bigger megaphone that wins out the shouting match, at least for now.
我个人正在维持正在进行的扩展列表小丑鱼混合名称and makeup in my always-up-to-date clownfish presentations, and as such, I am acting as an unofficial “registrar” of sorts. However, to make such a program actually official, it would be far better for an established organization such as the Marine Breeding Initiative to take up the task. In the end however, it is only the breeder’s willingness to adopt such an ethic that makes this work, with or without some governing body. By and large the main commercial producers have respected first-published names for hybrids and genetics, and I hope to see that respect and practice continue.
All images courtesy Shelly Dupchak Brynston
